Egypt

  • Service : English General
  • Category : Egypt
  • Huge fire erupts in paint factory in Gharbiya

    Date: 2013-11-14 19:34:58 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:166 - ID:387351

    TANTA, Egypt, Nov 14 (MENA) – A huge fire erupted in a paints factory in Mahalla city, Gharbiya, on Thursday, leaving two workers wounded. Fire engines rushed to the factory in a bid to control the blaze. The firefighters are now doing their ....

  • Egypt wins seat in UNESCO International Hydrological Program

    Date: 2013-11-14 19:24:43 GMT - France - Egypt - SN:161 - ID:387460

    PARIS, Nov 14 (MENA) - Egypt won a seat in the executive board of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) after snatching 136 votes, Mohamed Sameh, Egypt's ambassador to the UNESCO, said. Egypt won the ....

  • Ghali meets deputy FM for African affairs

    Date: 2013-11-14 19:13:06 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:158 - ID:387279

    CAIRO, Nov 14 (MENA) - Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Honorary President of Egypt's National Council for Human Rights, received on Thursday Deputy Foreign Minister for African Affairs Hamdi Sanad to discuss ways of boosting relations with African countries ....

  • Red Sea governor pushes forward with gas pipeline extension to hotels

    Date: 2013-11-14 19:10:11 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:157 - ID:387244

    RED SEA, Nov 14 (MENA) – Governor of the Red Sea Ahmed Abdullah held an extraordinary meeting Thursday with a gas distribution committee to study plans of building gas networks in the coastal city of Hurghada. The governor called for ....

  • Egypt beat Zambia 2-0 in friendly, prove ready for Ghana

    Date: 2013-11-14 19:00:11 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:154 - ID:387412

    CAIRO, Nov 14 (MENA) - Egypt have prepared for next Tuesday’s World Cup playoff against Ghana with a comfortable 2-0 win over Zambia, proving ready for Ghana in the Black Stars leg of world cup qualifier. Both goals were scored in the first half ....

  • Workers at private factory end protest, open road to traffic

    Date: 2013-11-14 18:53:05 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:153 - ID:387334

    BENHA, Egypt, Nov 14 (MENA) – Security forces in Qalubiya Thursday persuaded workers of Crystal Asfour factory in Shobra el-Kheima to end their protest and open roads to the traffic. For the fourth day in a row, the workers continued their sit-in ....

  • 15 MB members under custody in Gharbiya pending further investigation

    Date: 2013-11-14 18:42:03 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:152 - ID:387336

    TANTA, Nov 14 (MENA) – Fifteen Muslim Brotherhood (MB) members in Gharbiya governorate, northern Egypt, were kept under custody Thursday pending further investigations for allegedly inciting violence. The suspects were arrested after June 30 ....

  • Main suspect in Kerdasa police station storming arrested

    Date: 2013-11-14 18:33:50 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:151 - ID:387267

    CAIRO, Nov 14 (MENA) – Security forces on Thursday arrested a main suspect involved in storming Kerdasa police station in Giza and attacking the troops. The public prosecution had issued an arrest warrant for Gamal Ismail Embabi, a contractor, ....

  • Traffic back to normal on country highway following road accident

    Date: 2013-11-14 18:27:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:149 - ID:387224

    BENHA, Nov 14 (MENA) – Two men have been taken to hospital following a traffic collision between two heavy trucks near the gate way to Sendiyon village on the Country Highway coming from Cairo. The security forces cleaned the carriageway letting ....

  • AUC to probe water crisis in Egypt Sun.

    Date: 2013-11-14 18:20:05 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:148 - ID:387259

    CAIRO, Nov 14 (MENA) – The American University in Cairo (AUC) will organize a panel discussion Sunday on water scarcity in Egypt and the potential for water desalination. The event is titled "Facing Egypt's Water Crisis: The Way Forward". The ....

Middle East News Agency © - designed and developed : GCSSD